| Acronym | Stands for... |
| ANI | Area Not Included |
| BFE | Base Flood Elevation |
| COBRA | Coastal Barrier Resources Act |
| CBRS | Coastal Barrier Resources System |
| CLOMA | Conditional Letter of Map Amendment |
| CLOMR | Conditional Letter of Map Revision |
| CLOMR-F | Conditional Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill |
| CCO | Consultation Coordination Officer |
| CRS | Community Rating System |
| DLG | Digital Line Graph |
| ERM | Elevation Reference Mark |
| ESDP | Engineering Study Data Package |
| FBFM | Flood Boundary and Floodway Map |
| FDPA | Flood Disaster Protection Act |
| FMPCC | Flood Map Production Coordination Contractor |
| FDT | Floodway Data Table |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FFED | Final Flood Elevation Determination |
| FHBM | Flood Hazard Boundary Map |
| FIA | Federal Insurance Administration |
| FIMA | Federal Insurance and Mitigation Administration |
| FIRM | Flood Insurance Rate Map |
| FIS | Flood Insurance Study |
| FOIA | Freedom of Information Act |
| GIS | Geographic Information System |
| GPO | Government Printing Office |
| HEC | Hydrologic Engineering Center |
| ICC | Increased Cost of Compliance |
| LAG | Lowest Adjacent Grade (to a structure) |
| LFD | Letter of Final Determination |
| LMMP | Limited Map Maintenance Program |
| LODR | Letter of Determination Review |
| LOMA | Letter of Map Amendment |
| LOMC | Letter of Map Change |
| LOMR | Letter of Map Revision |
| LOMR-F | Letter of Map Revision Based on Fill |
| MSC | Map Service Center |
| MT | Mitigation Directorate |
| NAVD | North American Vertical Datum of 1988 |
| NFIP | National Flood Insurance Program |
| NFIRA | National Flood Insurance Reform Act |
| NGVD | National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 |
| OPA | Otherwise Protected Area |
| PMR | Physical Map Revision |
| PRP | Preferred Risk Policy |
| RCBAP | Residential Condominium Building Association Policy |
| SFHA | Special Flood Hazard Area |
| SFHDF | Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form |
| TEC | Technical Evaluation Contractor |
| WYO | Write Your Own |